Sample-card



(No Model.

SAMPLB CARDJ i Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

NITED STATES PATENT .FFICE.

J AOOB SAMUELS, OF ALBAN Y, NEN/V YORK.

SAMPLE-CARD.

SPECIFICATQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 413994, dated October15, 1889. Application filed April 4:, 1888. Serial No. %9,549 (Nomodel.)

To allwwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB SAMUELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Sample-Cards, of which thei'ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to sample display cards or cases for showing goods,materials, and fabrics.

It also relates to the arranging of goods and fabrics upon suitablesupports in a manner best suit-ed to show the style and effect of thegoods when mauufactured into wearing-apparel, and also the method ofConstruction and the character of the material employed in making up thegarments( lt consists in mounting upon suitable cards or supports agarment or suitable integral parts of a garment made in miniature out ofthe actual materials or fabrics to be used in the Construction of thefull-sized garment; and it further consists in constructing saidminiature garment in the manner, shape, style, and form of the proposedfull-sized gar ment, and in so mounting said miniature garment upon itssupport as to readily show the looks and appearance and Construction ofall parts thereof, and in providing a means in connection therewith ofdescribing the cost, quality, design, dac., of the goods. 'This I attainby means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specificaton.

Figure 1 represents a pair of trousers T in niuiature, pressecl fiat tothe card A, with spaces upon said. card for designating marks, signs, orfigures. Fig. 2 represents a miniature Vest V upon a supporting-card A,and a a' are fasteners. One side of the garment is opened up to show theinside. Fig. 3 represents similarly a coat or jacket C, fastened to thecard at a a' and coil-spring S. Fig. 4: is a vertical cross-section ofcard A, showing edge View of a garment mounted on the card, and showinga suitable fastener at a, and showing the whole garment in dotted linelifted up and away from the card to show the back and spring S;

As shown in the drawngs, the appliance consists in a card or plague ofsuitable dimensions for support upon which to mount the sam ples. Theseare complete-diminutive gar ments made of the actual goods or fabrics tobe sold-for example, a pair of trousers T, in cluding pocket-s, buttons,strap, lining, dac., or a Vest or coat complete and in detailminiaturesof the respective full-sized garments. I thereby show in miniature thevery style or cut of the garment, the Construction thereof in detail,and the actual materials used in its Construction, and particularly thecloth or texture of the garment. This miniature samplegarment I mountupon a card or support by fastenings a a', split pins or buttons, orsone other well-known means, and

preferably I attach the sample to the card at some suitable under partof the garment near its upper part, as a co' in the figures, so that thegarment thus attached to its support may be lifted and turned open todisplay all its parts and any description underneath said garment, andat the same time hide the fasteners a a'. Upon the card can beconveniently arranged designations, price-marks, descriptions, 850.,suitable to the garment and goods thus attached. These advertisements ordescriptions may be in View upon the card or out of sght under thegarment they describe. These samples thus mounted can be convenient-lyhinged or jointed together in lots or wrapped in bundles fortransportation, or may be provided separately with covers for protectionand convenience of display. By this means, obviously, the quality of thegoods, the style and appearance of the same as they will appear when.made up, and their general effect will be readily shown. The sampleswill oocupy but little room or space, and a much more satisfactorydisplay of goods for sale can be made to purchasers for selec` tion thanby mere sample strips of goods with or without accompanying prints orpictures of the garment& By this means a buyer can better judge of theavailability of the goods for sale, and this sample is best suited toshow the actual stock, condition, and construction and style of garmentsready made for sale. The complete garment is th us ofiered to the eyefor nspection. The novelty consists, among others, in this feature-insuitably mounting and displaying upon a descriptive IOG card adiminutive miniature garment complete of the material used in theConstruction of the full-sized garment.

ObViously when a garment is made of two or more similar part-s or ofparts identical in form, but adapted one to the right side and one tothe left, only one of such similar parts need be used in miniature for asample. I also, at a suitable place between the front and back of thegarment or between its folds, as at S, Figs. 3 and 4, mount a suitablespring or expanding or inflating device, preferably a conical coil,which acts to puff or swell out the parts of the garment. This coil,when pressed down, lies in a fiat plane and takes up little space, butwhen released acts to hold apart the garment, so as to display it in itsappropriate shape when worn. More than one spring can be used indifferent parts of the garment and should preferably be rather light andyieldin g. The rear end I fasten by bending the end and thrusting itthrough the card A and clinching it; but any other equivalent way willserve the purpose. The front of the spring may be attached to theadjacent part of the garment; but I preferably leave it free, so it willnot interfere with the free opening of the garment, as C, Fig. 3,fordisplay and inspection; but, conversely, the front of the spring maybe fastened and supported by the adjacent cloth and the rear end may befree; or the rear end may be fastened upon the adjacent cloth and theforward end free. The expanding deVice may be wholly supported withinthe garment. lt will sometimes be advantageous to form the spring so asto conform it to the adjacent parts of the garment for the purpose ofbetter puffing out the parts of the garment. Thus the spring may be anelongated ,coil instead of the circular coil shown. The spring willreadily yield to pressure, so as not to be inconvenient in packing orbundling up the samples.

The method of construction and of operation and the advantages of myinvention will be obvious from the foregoing description.

I claim as of my own invention 1. The combination of the support A, pro-Vided with fastenings a a', and a miniature garment fastened thereon andhaving within it an expanding or infiating device, substantially asdescribed.

2. A miniature garment or its described equivalent provided with anexpanding orinfiating device for conforming it to represent the shapeappropriate for use, with a suitable support having lists, marks, orheadings thereon descriptive of the garment, substantially as described.

JACOB SAMUELS.

Witnesses:

FRED. HARRIs, ERNEST W.- RIEcK.

